NEWS
RELEASE
September 13, 2004
Atlanta, GA … Nineteen state, provincial and
local government transportation facilities in the U.S. and Canada have earned the 2004
Excellence in Storage Award from the Salt Institute.
The award recognizes high standards of environmental consciousness and
effective management of winter materials storage. Another
thirty-six facilities were cited for “continuing excellence” for sustaining
award-winning programs recognized in the first 17 years of the program.
“The single salt
management investment with the greatest cost-to-environmental benefit is proper salt
storage,” explained Salt Institute president Richard L. Hanneman, in announcing the
award winners. “These agencies are not
only exemplary environmental stewards, they have demonstrated a commitment to
cost-conscious spending of tax dollars and promoting safe working conditions for their
employees.”
The awards were
announced during the American Public Works Association Congress in Atlanta. Also featured on the APWA program was a panel
discussion on “Sunbelt Snowfighting.” That
panel, Hanneman explained, “makes it clear that saving lives and preventing
weather-related highway congestion isn’t just a challenge for Chicago and New York
but for Dallas and Atlanta.”
The Excellence in
Storage Award is part of the Salt Institute’s Sensible Salting Program – an
educational program for salt customers on how to store and apply salt in an
environmentally sound manner. Over the award
competition’s 17 years, just 107 “excellent” programs have been recognized. Among the thirty-seven facilities cited for
“continuing excellence,” Buffalo Grove, IL, has won “excellence”
designation 16 times; Arlington Heights, IL has won 13 times.
Every year about 15
million tons of deicing salt is applied to roadways in the U.S. and another five million
tons in Canada. Applying salt reduces injury
accidents by 88% and pays for itself in a half hour in terms of avoided crashes.
The Salt Institute is
the global association of salt companies. Its
website has more information about the Excellence in Storage Award (http://www.saltinstitute.org/40.html) and
almost anything else you might want to know about salt: http://www.saltinstitute.org.
Beaver Township,
Bloomsburg, PA
City of Brampton Sandalwood Pkwy. Facility, Brampton, ON
Clarion County Main Facility, Shippensville, PA
CT DOT Colchester Salt Storage Facility, Colchester, CT
CT DOT Glastonbury Maintenance Facility, Glastonbury, CT
CT DOT Griswold Salt Storage Facilty, Griswold, CT
CT DOT Hebron Salt Shed, Bolton, CT
CT DOT New Preston Satellite Pile, Litchfield, CT
CT DOT Route 71A Salt Shed, Meriden, CT
CT DOT Thompson Salt Storage Facility, Thompson, CT
CT DOT Waterford Salt Storage Facility, Waterford, CT
CT DOT Willington Maintenance Facility, Willington, CT
Cranberry Township, Cranberry, PA
Ministry of Transportation of Ontario Elsinore Facility, St. Catherines, ON
NJ DOT Folsom Yard #451, Folsom, NJ
Regional Municipality of Peel Copper Road Yard, Brampton, ON
City of Roanoke Public Works Salt Facility, Roanoke, VA
South Whitehall Township, Allentown, PA
City of Stamford Highway Department, Stamford, CT
Village
of Addison, IL
Village of Arlington Heights, Arlington Heights, IL
Village of Buffalo Grove, Buffalo Grove, IL
Town of Clifton Park, Clifton Park, NY
Columbia County, Wyocena, WI
Connecticut DOT Litchfield Salt Storage Facility, Litchfield, CT
Connecticut DOT Middletown Salt Storage Facility, Middletown, CT
Connecticut DOT Miller Avenue, Meriden, CT
Village of Hanover Park, Hanover Park, IL
City of Houghton, Houghton, MI
Village of Lake Zurich, IL
Lockport Township, IL
City of Marquette, MI
McHenry County, Woodstock, IL
Mount Prospect Public Works, Mt. Prospect, IL
Macomb County, MI (Warren facility)
City of Marquette, Marquette, MI
New Jersey DOT Berlin Yard - # 415 Salt Storage Facility, Berlin, NJ
New Jersey DOT Cherry Hill Yard - #411 Salt Storage Facility, Cherry Hill, NJ
New Jersey DOT Cumberland County Complex, Bridgeton, NJ
New Jersey DOT Cumberland Yard - #426, Cumberland, NJ
New Jersey DOT Deepwater Yard - #425 Salt Storage Facility
New Jersey DOT, Deepwater, NJ
New Jersey DOT Elmer Yard - #420, Pittgrove, NJ
New Jersey DOT Glassboro Yard - #417, Glassboro, NJ
New Jersey DOT Mount Laurel Yard #468, Mt. Laurel, NJ
New Jersey DOT Red Lion Yard, - #434
New Jersey DOT
Village of Northbrook, IL
Town of North Salem, NY
Town of Orangetown, Orangeburg, NY
Village of Orland Park, IL
City of Springdale, Springdale, OH
City of West Des Moines, IA
Wright County, Buffalo, MN
Town of Yorktown, NY
City of Zion Public Works, Zion, IL
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